Patrick Henry and His WorldDoubleday, 1969 - 498 pages On May 29, 1765, a young backwoods lawyer named Patrick Henry rose in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, and offered exciting resolutions that were the prelude to the American Declaration of Independence. This is an account of that young lawyer, the politics of his day, and his part in our early history. |
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... Convention assumed the responsibil- ity of establishing a de facto government to direct the colony's affairs . It elected a standing Committee of Safety to act as its execu- tive arm and carry out the Convention's policies and ...
... Convention assumed the responsibil- ity of establishing a de facto government to direct the colony's affairs . It elected a standing Committee of Safety to act as its execu- tive arm and carry out the Convention's policies and ...
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... convention were 170 delegates , elected by eli- gible voters . As in choosing members for the House of Delegates , the election had been conducted along county lines , as elections had been in Virginia almost from the founding of the ...
... convention were 170 delegates , elected by eli- gible voters . As in choosing members for the House of Delegates , the election had been conducted along county lines , as elections had been in Virginia almost from the founding of the ...
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... Convention , 225-26 Tarleton , Colonel , 368-69 Taxes ( taxation ) , 2-9 , 30 , 69-82 , 104- 11 , 115-32 , 157-73 ... Convention of 1787 , 399 , 406 , 410 , 411-15 , 417 ff .; and Corre- spondence Committees , 212-16 , 222– 30 ...
... Convention , 225-26 Tarleton , Colonel , 368-69 Taxes ( taxation ) , 2-9 , 30 , 69-82 , 104- 11 , 115-32 , 157-73 ... Convention of 1787 , 399 , 406 , 410 , 411-15 , 417 ff .; and Corre- spondence Committees , 212-16 , 222– 30 ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
Copyright | |
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